SCENESTHEPROLOGUE.The crater of a volcano; dawn.ACTFIRST.Scene I.The rune-stone of Odin, outside a tribal temple; morning.Scene II.Egil’s lodge in the forest; toward twilight.ACTSECOND.Scene I.A prison chamber; day.Scene II.The same; night.ACTTHIRD.A forest glade; the pool of Freyja; early morning.ACTFOURTH.The rune-stone again; sunset.
Time and Place
The Age of Northern Mythology; Iceland. The incidents ofthe play are conceived as taking place within the cycleof a year.